Amazon Web Services vs Shadeform
- GPUs
- 14 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.53/hr $0.65/hr
- Price wins
- 0/4 4/4
Shadeform is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Amazon Web Services carries 5 more GPUs.
Hyperscaler that rents GPU and custom accelerator instances on demand, reserved or spot, alongside a full catalogue of managed cloud services.
Best for: Teams already building on AWS services
Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
Best for: Comparing and launching across GPU clouds
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Amazon Web Services | Shadeform | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $6.88/hr | $5.99/hr | 15% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.86/hr | $0.88/hr | 111% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $3.43/hr | $1.40/hr | 145% |
| NVIDIA V100 SXM2 16GB | $3.06/hr | $2.34/hr | 31% |
Prices last checked: Amazon Web Services 1 Oct 2026, Shadeform 1 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | Amazon Web Services | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Seattle, WA | San Francisco, CA |
| Type | Hyperscaler | Marketplace |
| Founded | 2006 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 14 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between Amazon Web Services and Shadeform?
- Amazon Web Services: Hyperscaler that rents GPU and custom accelerator instances on demand, reserved or spot, alongside a full catalogue of managed cloud services. Shadeform: Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
- Is Amazon Web Services cheaper than Shadeform?
- Shadeform is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Amazon Web Services carries 5 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on Amazon Web Services and Shadeform?
- Amazon Web Services charges $6.88 per GPU-hour and Shadeform charges $5.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Amazon Web Services and Shadeform?
- 4 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA V100 SXM2 16GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
